- Postcode districts
- NE11, NE16, NE21
- Nearby
- Blaydon-on-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead
- Guide price
- £1,800–£4,500
- Typical time on site
- 2–6 working days
- Water
- Soft across most of Tyne and Wear
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bath to shower conversion cost in Whickham?
Guide price in Whickham: £1,800–£4,500 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in North East England put local prices at about 10% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Tray and enclosure
- Bath removed, tray in its place
Walk-in shower
- Concealed valve, rainfall head
Level-access floor
- Grab rails and seat options
Guide prices for Whickham including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Whickham
As well as Whickham itself (NE11, NE16 and NE21), we survey in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.
Whickham gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. We check the floor under the bath during a Whickham survey where we can, because old leaks can leave soft boards. If the bath in your Whickham home is mainly used for storing things, a walk-in shower in the same space is a quick, contained job.
Supplies across most of Tyne and Wear are soft. If that holds for your street in Whickham, limescale on shower glass and heads builds up slowly and a squeegee after use is usually enough. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Grab rails and a fold-down seat if you want them
- Removal of the bath, panel and taps, and disposal of the waste
- Repair or replacement of floorboards where the bath has left them soft or damaged
- A low-profile tray, or a former and tanking for a level-access floor
Decisions to make first
Your only bath?
If this is the only bath in the house, think about whether you, or a future buyer, will want one before you commit.
How much to re-tile
Re-tile just the shower walls, or take the chance to re-tile the whole room so new and old tiles never have to match.
Rules that apply in England
In England, adding an electric shower usually means a new circuit, which is notifiable under Part P, as is any change to the wiring in the bathroom. Where the conversion is an adaptation for a disabled person, a Disabled Facilities Grant of up to £30,000 may help, but the council must approve it before work starts.
